Title : Model of Enterpreneurship Capacity Building of Seaweed Farmers in Takalar District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Abstract:
The seaweed cultivation development in Indonesia is growing rapidly, but not yet supported by the entrepreneurial ability of farmers in its management. This study aims to describe the socio-economic objective conditions of seaweed farmers and analyze the strategy of developing the entrepreneurship capacity of seaweed farmers. Description of competence of farmer's entrepreneur used quantitative descriptive method while farmer entrepreneurship capacity building strategy used Analytical Hierarchy Process. The results showed that the entrepreneurial competence of farmers is very low which is indicated by three indicators which are knowledge about post harvest, product quality and processing technology, and also market access. The strategy of developing the entrepreneurial capacity of farmers shows that private sector holds a dominant role compared to the peasants and local government institutions. The dominant development program affecting the entrepreneurial capacity of farmers is the improvement of farmers' knowledge about market access and product quality.
Keyword: Entrepreneurship, Farmers, Seaweed and Capacity Building
